theres lots of tropical salt tanks out there..but living within miniutes of Puget sound...home of plenty of bivalves, anenomes, sand dollars, crabs, and whatnot...has anyone set up a locally gathered tank? done a tide pool theme? wouldn't even have to mix up water, just go down to the sound and get saltwater free..yea I know its not clean, but its what these animals are living in...cycle time would be non existant as the substrate would likely already have all the naturally occurring bacteria needed. I can see lights and a chiller being pretty much the only equipment needed, although on a big enough tank the ability to pump water in and out of a holding sump to simulate tidal changes would be interesting although an added expense.
thoughts?
thoughts?